Evaluation of the Emotional and Cognitive Regulation of Young People in a Lockdown Situation Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic
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Fernández Cruz, Manuel; Álvarez Rodríguez, José; Ávalos Ruiz, Inmaculada; Cuevas López, María Mercedes; De Barros Camargo, Claudia; Díaz Rosas, Francisco; González Castellón, Esther; González González, Daniel; Hernández Fernández, Antonio; Ibáñez-Cubillas, Pilar; Lizarte Simón, Emilio JesúsEditorial
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Emotional cognitive regulation Higher education Dropouts COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown
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2020Referencia bibliográfica
Fernández Cruz M, Álvarez Rodríguez J, Ávalos Ruiz I, Cuevas López M, de Barros Camargo C, Díaz Rosas F, González Castellón E, González González D, Hernández Fernández A, Ibáñez Cubillas P and Lizarte Simón EJ (2020) Evaluation of the Emotional and Cognitive Regulation of Young People in a Lockdown Situation Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Front. Psychol. 11:565503. [doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.565503]
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FEDER/Junta de AndaluciaConsejeria de Economia y Conocimiento/Proyecto B-SEJ-516-UGR18Abstract
Background: In a situation of compulsory home isolation enacted by governments
at the spreading of the Covid-19 pandemic, the emotional health and well-being of
students became a key factor in the successful implementation of distance teaching
methodologies in face-to-face education universities. Psychological well-being, an
essential factor in preventing academic failure, has been threatened in this serious
situation of unprecedented and stressful isolation. The aim of this study is to analyze the
students’ cognitive-emotional regulation as well as their beliefs and perceptions about
the pandemic and this lockdown situation. With this extensive study we are carrying
out, want to describe the extent to which the lockdown situation is a risk factor, and, in
the future, make proposals for preventive and palliative actions, if necessary, to minimize
this potential risk.
Method: We applied the CERQ Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire by means
of an online application together with a questionnaire, CC/covid-19, of objective
description and subjective perception of the lockdown situation of the students, their
conditions to study, general opinions about the pandemic and specific opinions about
the real possibilities of implementing online education in the middle of the academic
year at the university. 1910 valid responses from more than 80 universities in 13 different
Spanish-speaking countries were obtained and submitted to descriptive analysis and
modeling using structural equations.
Results: Most of them consider that the lockdown decision is correct, that health
systems are not prepared to deal with the pandemic, and that although the universities
have adequate means, the teaching staff is not competent to implement online teaching
methodologies. They have a good perception of the conditions of isolation, however,
the time devoted to studying has not increased. One of the results of our study is the
students’ self-evaluation about their digital competence and their capacity to perform in online interactive communication. This is key to rejecting a feeling of loneliness
or social isolation, even if there is momentary physical separation with friends and
classmates which is consistent with the results of emotional well-being the surveyed
students present. The cognitive strategies used by the students surveyed have allowed
them coping with events arising from the pandemic, mandatory isolation and university
closure, certainly adaptive and functional, while maintaining a positive perception of their
new living and learning situation.